Based on a comparison of 126 countries in 2021, USA ranked the highest in patent applications of non-residents with 329,229 followed by China and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Estonia with 1.00, Albania with 1.00 and Cyprus with 2.00.
Total patent applications of non-residents reached 1,015,900 in 2021 in the World according to World Bank. This is 4.48 % more than in the previous year and 21.9 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total patent applications of non-residents reached an all time high of 1,015,900 in 2021 and an all time low of 270,700 in 1985. The average annual growth amounted to 3.74 % since 1960.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 32.4 % of patent applications of non-residents in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 54.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 75.2 % in 2021.
Data for more countries are available at Patent Applications (Non-Residents) indicator page.
| Patent Applications (Non-Residents) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Australia | 26,314 | 25,774 | 26,403 | 27,200 | 27,121 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 25,578 | 22,810 | 20,178 | 19,877 | 19,932 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 32,687 | 30,667 | 30,969 | 31,812 | 32,250 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 133,612 | 133,522 | 135,885 | 148,187 | 157,093 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 19,509 | 19,419 | 19,927 | 21,281 | 20,802 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 11,973 | 13,859 | 12,975 | 15,672 | 16,186 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 33,079 | 31,858 | 31,621 | 33,766 | 34,173 | |||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 5,623 | 5,119 | 5,377 | 5,857 | 6,370 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 59,882 | 58,137 | 58,189 | 59,937 | 62,597 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 16,707 | 16,103 | 15,850 | 14,869 | 14,636 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 16,248 | 14,792 | 14,106 | 13,031 | 12,174 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | 9,345 | 9,379 | 9,321 | 10,270 | 12,409 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 6,608 | 6,506 | 6,816 | 6,258 | 6,347 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 46,419 | 45,406 | 45,691 | 47,431 | 47,372 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 301,075 | 310,244 | 313,052 | 312,046 | 336,340 |
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